Pilgrims, wanderers and authors: legacies of Margery Kempe and Teresa of Avila
Keywords:
Medieval Literature, Pilgrimages, Wanderer, Margery Kempe, Teresa of AvilaAbstract
This paper aims to present the works The Book of Margery Kempe, by Margery Kempe (15th century), and Libro de las Fundaciones, by Teresa of Avila (16th century), two writings that come from different medieval literary contexts: English and Spanish ones, respectively. Under the theme that involves pilgrimage, in the case of Margery Kempe, and the journey of foundations of monasteries that made Teresa of Avila known as a wanderer, both cases resulted in the development of a peculiar narrative that gives this niche of Medieval Literature the consistency of a tradition of woman authorship, as it is related to several other intellectual productions made by women. Textual and contextual analyses are based on the studies of Atkinson (1983), Morrison (2000), Telles (2017), Egido (2002) and other scholars who contribute to the broadening of the discussions that will be developed.
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